Here at Book Review, we know what looked good to us on the summer bookshelves, but we couldn't help but wonder what some of our favorite authors were looking forward to tossing in their travel bag or bringing out to the backyard or the beach for one of those long, sunny afternoons. For many, the coming months seem to be a chance to catch up on those beguiling titles we somehow don't have time for the rest of the year but are oh-so made for summer. Peter Bognanni, recently awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction for "The House of Tomorrow": Since I'm teaching a class on the novella in the fall, I'm looking forward to reading "Goodbye,...

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